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one, does the president show the want to, the energy that doug wilder was talking about. two does he more fec livety take on mitt romney and the centrist tone he was striking in the last debate. finally, does he do better at laying out a concrete vision for a second term. democrats want him to do all three. >> larry kudlow the debate in about a minute and a ahalf. >> i think john is right. i think the fulcrum of this debate will be about economic growth and jobs but i think the benghazi thing, with hillary saying it's my responsibility, the night before the debate, i think that puts it right into barack obama's lap. i think this is a great clinton power play, very clever on the clinton's part and now the president's going to have that ball and he better not fumble it. >> governor romney is going to be pushing this. >> he's going to go right for it. you know he's going right for it. keith is right about the economy, but people are very upset about an ambassador getting killed. >> we take you to hofstra university, a town hall with about 80 voters chosen by gallup uncommitt
one, does the president show the want to, the energy that doug wilder was talking about. two does he more fec livety take on mitt romney and the centrist tone he was striking in the last debate. finally, does he do better at laying out a concrete vision for a second term. democrats want him to do all three. >> larry kudlow the debate in about a minute and a ahalf. >> i think john is right. i think the fulcrum of this debate will be about economic growth and jobs but i think the...
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now, i have heard smart guys like doug schohn and stan greenberg say for months and months that is not good. you got to try a new tack, but that's still what they are doing. do you think finish what they started is their message? is that a reason to re-elect barack obama? >> the last incumbent president re-elected during a somewhat challenging time george w. bush had had a motto the whole campaign, steady leadership in times of change. i do think that the american public can distinguish between a bad situation that has a lot of historical roots and what they are trying to do, and whether you're talking about detroit or you're talking about the jobs numbers or you're talking about signs of hope or talking about a stock market that is roaring back, that doesn't fix the problems. >> a ri -- >> just to finish larry's question, i agree with your point, by the way, that the real long-term unemployment numbers are worse and that hurts people out there, but i do think people can make that distinction. >> hang on, hang on. >> i've got to hop in here. >> independents moved by one point after the
now, i have heard smart guys like doug schohn and stan greenberg say for months and months that is not good. you got to try a new tack, but that's still what they are doing. do you think finish what they started is their message? is that a reason to re-elect barack obama? >> the last incumbent president re-elected during a somewhat challenging time george w. bush had had a motto the whole campaign, steady leadership in times of change. i do think that the american public can distinguish...
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doug brinkley. a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. >>> president obama used some heated language to describe his opponent, governor romney. doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. >>> welcome back. you're looking at live events in ohio tonight. on the le
doug brinkley. a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for...
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i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. >> the bser comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through where that happened. >> i did a 45-minute interview with the president in the oval office. we had banter beforehand, talking about the white sox and whatnot. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sense a personal animosity with president obama toward his opponent? >> i think the word meant nothing to me. i have no sense of political correctness and everybody uses it but i do think that there's a frustration with what colin powell said today, you know, there's one romney foreign policy in one debate, then here's what he said back then and what he's calling romnesia up there. that's hard, how do you pin down a politician that's like mercury. i think there's a frustration a little bit with that. but i also felt the president was in fine form, almost click
i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. >> the bser comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through where that happened. >> i did a 45-minute interview with the president in the oval office. we had banter beforehand, talking about the white sox and whatnot. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the...
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doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards talking about the chicago white sox or whatnot. he made a joke with eric bates, "rolling stone" editor who was simply joking with the president about his daughter saying, you know, my daughter asked what i should tell you and she said you can do it. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sen
doug brinkley joins me to talk about the oval office interview next. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ we had a...
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historian doug brinkley conducted the interview. it's the cover story in the november 8th issue out tomorrow. the comment has got a lot of people talking. you have probably seen it today all over the web. i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. so the b.s.er comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through how that happened, where he said it. >> well, i did a 45-minute interview in the oval office of the president. we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards talking about the chicago white sox or whatnot. he made a joke with eric bates, "rolling stone" editor who was simply joking with the president about his daughter saying, you know, my daughter asked what i should tell you and she said you can do it. he said that's all i need, i'm great with that demographic, 6 to 12, i do well with kids. with the follow-up, why don't you lower the voting age, the president made the joke and just said you know, the kids can tell when the other guy is a b.s.er. >> did you sense a personal animosity with president obama to
historian doug brinkley conducted the interview. it's the cover story in the november 8th issue out tomorrow. the comment has got a lot of people talking. you have probably seen it today all over the web. i spoke with doug brinkley earlier. so the b.s.er comment is getting a lot of attention. walk us through how that happened, where he said it. >> well, i did a 45-minute interview in the oval office of the president. we had a little bit of loose banter time both before and afterwards...
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doug, let me start with you. this stood out to me last night that independent voters liked that when he talked about cutting tacks for the middle class. obviously the obama administration takes issue with it and says it isn't true. do you think this could be enough, if mitt romney could make the case for him to win the election? >> i think it's a very important point. remember why he wants to have the tax reform he wants. it's to make sure that the united states grows better than we've seen in the past four years. and what mr. romney is trying to say is, look, we have all these people out of work. we have all these people with jobs whose incomes are not growing. let's lower rates, broaden the base, be respectful of the middle class and the deficit by but have a better tax policy in place. it's good positions for him. the president can't even get the first step right. instead of lowering rates and broadening the base, he is insisting on raising taxes. that's a bit of a tough sell right now. it was the same preside
doug, let me start with you. this stood out to me last night that independent voters liked that when he talked about cutting tacks for the middle class. obviously the obama administration takes issue with it and says it isn't true. do you think this could be enough, if mitt romney could make the case for him to win the election? >> i think it's a very important point. remember why he wants to have the tax reform he wants. it's to make sure that the united states grows better than we've...
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. >>> in sports a scary moment for doug fister. so awful. took that line drive off his skull in the second inning. fister would be okay. he would continue to pitch. i don't know how, but the giants score late to win 2-0, take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. >>> family in new york facing every parent's nightmare, a woman they trusted with their three children now accused of stabbing two of those kids to death. upper west soid mother returned home to find her oldest two children stabbed and the nanny on the floor nearby, unconscious and bleeding. deb feyerick has been following this story. you always want to ask why. but maybe we'll never know. >> yeah. and that's what's so tragic about this. i with was looking at pictures and entries on the blog that the mom kept documenting her children. this with his a truly happy, happy family. and you can just see the love and the joy. these children were everything to this mom. the question, why did this nanny apparently snap and do something so terrible as police allege? she's in critical condit
. >>> in sports a scary moment for doug fister. so awful. took that line drive off his skull in the second inning. fister would be okay. he would continue to pitch. i don't know how, but the giants score late to win 2-0, take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. >>> family in new york facing every parent's nightmare, a woman they trusted with their three children now accused of stabbing two of those kids to death. upper west soid mother returned home to find her oldest two...
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detroit sends doug fister to the mounz. the giants counter with madison baumgartner. >>> nfl picking up on a new jersey boy's idea for refs to use pink penalty flags as part of breast cancer awareness month. 11-year-old dante wrote commissioner roger goodell who said the flags will be used at this monday's game. dante and his family have been invited to gats imand will present the pink flags to officials. >>> people in brick, new jersey, talking about anthony star go's field goal last night. it marked a victory for a man who faced challenges his whole life. orphaned at 3 and has autism. his foster parents took him to a college football game six years ago and anthony decided he wanted to be a kicker. daily practices and the calming routine with the kicks put anthony in a position to be a hero. good for him. that's a look at sports this morning. >>> the next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. >>> stories we're watching right now, in the "newsroom," the president picking up a key endorsement this morning. former secretar
detroit sends doug fister to the mounz. the giants counter with madison baumgartner. >>> nfl picking up on a new jersey boy's idea for refs to use pink penalty flags as part of breast cancer awareness month. 11-year-old dante wrote commissioner roger goodell who said the flags will be used at this monday's game. dante and his family have been invited to gats imand will present the pink flags to officials. >>> people in brick, new jersey, talking about anthony star go's field...
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moment of candor, the president drove home that theme telling rolling stone magazine and historian doug brinkly he thinks governor romney is a "bser" but he's keeping it clean on the trail. >> he's hoping that you come down with a case of what we call romnesia. >> reporter: and picking up his pace. >> just got to keep on keeping on. until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to go vote. >> reporter: hopscotching from florida to virginia, hometown chicago and ohio. strategies are three. one, turnout the early vote. which their ground operation can move and measure. this new memo from chicago says they think they're winning in firewall, ohio. >> it's up to the young people here to choose the future that you believe in, that you want to see. >> reporter: boost turnout among voting groups already leaning to the president, youth, latinos, union workers. three, woo undecided women including with this new ad. >> and it would be my preference that they reverse row v. wade. >> hopefully reverse row v. wade. >> reporter: and as for that endorsement from general powell, the pre
moment of candor, the president drove home that theme telling rolling stone magazine and historian doug brinkly he thinks governor romney is a "bser" but he's keeping it clean on the trail. >> he's hoping that you come down with a case of what we call romnesia. >> reporter: and picking up his pace. >> just got to keep on keeping on. until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to go vote. >> reporter: hopscotching from florida to virginia,...
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doug says -- the new york times editorial this morning -- greg on the independent line. thank you for holding. what did you think of the debate? caller: thank you once again for having me on. i seem to be lucky to get on when you are on. i am a 33-year watcher of c- span. i thought without question that gov. romney won the debate last night. i thought the president was listening to a lot of repugnance and also to his adviser -- a lot of the pundits and also to his advisers to not be as a professor tutorial in his responses. mitt romney clearly had the night last night as far as the debate itself. i think they need to go back to the drawing board and allow barack obama to be barack obama. not so much again as have the appearance of the president, which he is. i have heard most of the pundits were saying that the president should not go on the attack and he should look more presidential and not necessarily play the blame game as to what brought us here. congratulations to mr. romney on his performance. host: does that crystallize who you will vote for? caller: i thought mr
doug says -- the new york times editorial this morning -- greg on the independent line. thank you for holding. what did you think of the debate? caller: thank you once again for having me on. i seem to be lucky to get on when you are on. i am a 33-year watcher of c- span. i thought without question that gov. romney won the debate last night. i thought the president was listening to a lot of repugnance and also to his adviser -- a lot of the pundits and also to his advisers to not be as a...
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host: doug in boston, massachusetts is a democrat. caller: romney seems enthusiastic about going into iran with the israelis, however is a war crime without a chapter 7 resolution. george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of jurisdiction. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear responses from. i would point out it is not always a violation of international law to invade or attack a company without a chapter 7 resolution. there is the universal right of self-defense, but i remind the caller that if one country in invades the other, while that might not be legal, the country that is fighting back is not in violation of anything. host: matthew lee, you recently wrote a piece, "why it matters to israel to tell -- why it matters -- israel." how was this playing out. guest: i think mitt romney will try to expand on the idea that he brought up in the last debate, that president obama has tried to put distance between the united states and israel. it is indisputable that there are arguments
host: doug in boston, massachusetts is a democrat. caller: romney seems enthusiastic about going into iran with the israelis, however is a war crime without a chapter 7 resolution. george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of jurisdiction. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear responses from. i would point out it is not always a violation of international law to invade or attack a company without a chapter 7 resolution. there is the universal...
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. >> mayor, i'm state representative doug miller from texas. thank you for your compliments. appreciate that. we have been working hard and will continue to. that's one of the reasons i'm here today. i think another issue that you didn't address but i would like to hear your comments on is this election sls two different directions on whether we're going to allow -- i know i have several colleagues from other states, state legislators here but the direction of wh we're going to allow -- whether we're going to allow states to have their rights versus a stronger centralized federal government which hasn't worked on a number of occasions. i would like to hear your comments on state rights, federal rights and federalism. >> i think you're right. if president obama is re-elected there will be more concentration of power in washington. obamacare is a massive concentration of power in washington. all the new regulations, dodd-frank. it has to be one of the great ironies that it is named dodd-frank since it is named for the two people who probably did the most to create the financial
. >> mayor, i'm state representative doug miller from texas. thank you for your compliments. appreciate that. we have been working hard and will continue to. that's one of the reasons i'm here today. i think another issue that you didn't address but i would like to hear your comments on is this election sls two different directions on whether we're going to allow -- i know i have several colleagues from other states, state legislators here but the direction of wh we're going to allow --...
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host: good morning, doug. caller: romney seems more enthusiastic about bombing iran under the behest of the israelis. it is a war crime to do that without a united nations security council chapter 7 resolution, and george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of universal jurisdiction. i would like to see this question asked at the debate. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear the responses. i would point out that it is not always a violation of international law to invade or attack a country without a chapter 7 resolution. there is the universal right of self-defense. i would remind the caller that if one country invaded at wor -- it's another, that may be illegal, but the country fighting back is not in violation of anything. host: matthew lee, you recently wrote a piece about how the countries are eager to show close ties with israel. do you expect this to be a big topic on monday night? guest: i think that mitt romney will try to expand on this idea that he
host: good morning, doug. caller: romney seems more enthusiastic about bombing iran under the behest of the israelis. it is a war crime to do that without a united nations security council chapter 7 resolution, and george bush was recently advised not to travel to switzerland because of the laws of universal jurisdiction. i would like to see this question asked at the debate. guest: it would be an interesting question to hear the responses. i would point out that it is not always a violation of...
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host: doug from pennsylvania, welcome. caller: at the end of the day, in terms of moving forward, could you please tell me what i'm talking about? tell me what the pundits and politicians are saying, what they mean when they say these things? how many times did paul ryan say, "at the end of the day"? maybe you should take people literally when they say "at the end of the day." "at the end of the day i take off my clothing and go to bed.' could you buy these people a thesaurus? guest: i happened to hate that phrase. i would support a law to banish it from the airwaves. newt gingrich always says "frankly this" and "frankly that." guest: you can't point. guest: it is inside-the-beltway speak. you are thinking about what you're going to say. "i have this point i have to hit." guest: "let me be clear." "make no mistake." host: let's look at the latest presidential poll. president obama, 50%. mitt romney, 47%. how influential is it in the media chamber? guest: the campaigns are obsessing on the polls. the import numbers of the n
host: doug from pennsylvania, welcome. caller: at the end of the day, in terms of moving forward, could you please tell me what i'm talking about? tell me what the pundits and politicians are saying, what they mean when they say these things? how many times did paul ryan say, "at the end of the day"? maybe you should take people literally when they say "at the end of the day." "at the end of the day i take off my clothing and go to bed.' could you buy these people a...
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doug zakheim was senior vice president of bozell and hamilton. during the bush administration, doug was chief financial officer or comptroller for the department of defense, and he's had several other pentagon posts over his career and is the author of a dozen books. i note that the event today is being live streamed on cnn.com, and i'd note also that you can find materials related to the event and to the elections on the web sites of our three organizations including a national security guide to the presidential election on the cns web site. so we'll proceed today as follows. each of the campaign representatives will offer a brief opening statement of several minutes which will be followed by questions from the moderators, and then we'll open up the floor to q&a from the audience. and with that, let me turn it over to rich for his statement. >> richard, thank you very much. let me thank cns for the invitation to be here, for the work you do on national security, and it's quite a tribute to the organization to get such a big crowd. i understand t
doug zakheim was senior vice president of bozell and hamilton. during the bush administration, doug was chief financial officer or comptroller for the department of defense, and he's had several other pentagon posts over his career and is the author of a dozen books. i note that the event today is being live streamed on cnn.com, and i'd note also that you can find materials related to the event and to the elections on the web sites of our three organizations including a national security guide...
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i do want to come back to a couple things doug says about the defense spending. the sequester i don't think that you were in the room for that as far as i can tell and a was an interesting story to tell and as someone could go back and just do a google's search for the number of republican leaders that stood up for the sequestered. no one thinks it should come into effect. it was never supposed to come into effect and quite frankly the vice presidential candidate congressman ryan supported this and the budget control and the cuts are so devastating that he would also agree the fiscal strength is probably important abroad as well and economic strength, and i don't know how an additional $2 trillion in spending on defense that is on paid for with of the additional assets that you are talking about that no one in the pentagon has asked for except for perhaps the four advisers that do not serve on the campaign. the amazing things to take a number and then build it, a builder can pan around it instead of designing a strategy of which you build the defense philosophy a
i do want to come back to a couple things doug says about the defense spending. the sequester i don't think that you were in the room for that as far as i can tell and a was an interesting story to tell and as someone could go back and just do a google's search for the number of republican leaders that stood up for the sequestered. no one thinks it should come into effect. it was never supposed to come into effect and quite frankly the vice presidential candidate congressman ryan supported this...
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. >> host: good morning, doug. >> guest: >> caller: good morning. romney seems more enthusiastic about amin the hands of the israelis. it is a war crime under geneva to attack another country without united nations vote in a chapter seven resolution. faq reminds you george bush is not adverse to travel to switzerland because i the universal jurisdiction. or we just like to see this question gets asked when the united states. i thought, bye. just to be an interesting question to hear the response. i would point out that it's not always a violation of international law to avoid or attack a country with a chapter seven resolution. there is a universal way of self-defense. so i remind the caller that if one country invades another, while that may be of the call, the country that has -- that is fighting back event in violation of anything. >> host: matthew labors labored apiece. what matters israel, looking how both candidates are eager to show their loyalty and close ties with israel. how is that plain out and do expect that to be a big topic play now?
. >> host: good morning, doug. >> guest: >> caller: good morning. romney seems more enthusiastic about amin the hands of the israelis. it is a war crime under geneva to attack another country without united nations vote in a chapter seven resolution. faq reminds you george bush is not adverse to travel to switzerland because i the universal jurisdiction. or we just like to see this question gets asked when the united states. i thought, bye. just to be an interesting question...
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doug schoen a democratic strategist, fox news contributor. and also a republican strategist is joining us from the american enterprise institute. doug, vice president biden last week talking about the fact that we basically have unemployment, things are getting better. the president has to address that tonight. >> it is undeniably the case that it is better to be 7.8 than 8. but when you look at discouraged workers, underemployed and unemployed workers this is still a very very weak economy and the administration has yet to come up with a compelling defense of a record that leaves them deeply politically vulnerable tonight. cheryl: i think you gave mark's argument for him. >> i often agree with doug. cheryl: obviously, okay. >> i often agree with doug, and i do agree with him right now. vice president biden was gloating in the debate last week that after 43 months we got it down to 7.8%. but the fact is if you count all the workers who left the workforce, the unemployment rate is really closer to 11%. as you have pointed out, we have had 43 m
doug schoen a democratic strategist, fox news contributor. and also a republican strategist is joining us from the american enterprise institute. doug, vice president biden last week talking about the fact that we basically have unemployment, things are getting better. the president has to address that tonight. >> it is undeniably the case that it is better to be 7.8 than 8. but when you look at discouraged workers, underemployed and unemployed workers this is still a very very weak...
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doug, what do you make of that? >> well i think the president in some way is trying to recapture what monica alluded to a second ago which is, the sense that he was a transformational president. that he was the sort of person who would do what he said he was going to do and change politics. the sad thing is, when you look at the economic news and economic condition we're facing in terms of the debt, the deficit and most of all unemployment, he clearly hasn't been able to fulfill his promises and to the extent that he did things like obamacare, he hasn't exactly wanted to talk about them all that much on the campaign trail. martha: that's very true. >> it has been a different campaign and a different president obama. i think monica would agree, from the one we saw in 2008. martha: think about the big picture. you know he promised that he would fix the economy, get it back on track and improve our, you know, relations in the world and put us in a better position globally. i think there's a lot of debate, monica, over
doug, what do you make of that? >> well i think the president in some way is trying to recapture what monica alluded to a second ago which is, the sense that he was a transformational president. that he was the sort of person who would do what he said he was going to do and change politics. the sad thing is, when you look at the economic news and economic condition we're facing in terms of the debt, the deficit and most of all unemployment, he clearly hasn't been able to fulfill his...
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that is the feeling i got, doug, that you guys were making a bipartisan statement here, not just blaming the president, but blaming were, and demandingen get their tough off the -- their duff off the couple. >>guest: get in the same room and figure it out. it is not that hard. >>neil: you also leave on the possibility, and what distinguishes your group from others, is that you are saying, revenue should be on the table. tax increases should be on the table. you do not attach a number, a formula, but everything should be on the table. why? >> we suggest a broadening of the tax base so tax rates at governor romney suggested can come down, some loopholes are closed, but with greater growth across the economy, more tax revenues will come in. that is part of solution. the other part of the solution is a recut of the entitlement discussion and the long-term health and integrity and solvency of the systems is in check. >>neil: do a lot your colleagues, yourself included, feel this is a cloud over your future plans? over the economy? others say what happens in washington, we cannot control we ju
that is the feeling i got, doug, that you guys were making a bipartisan statement here, not just blaming the president, but blaming were, and demandingen get their tough off the -- their duff off the couple. >>guest: get in the same room and figure it out. it is not that hard. >>neil: you also leave on the possibility, and what distinguishes your group from others, is that you are saying, revenue should be on the table. tax increases should be on the table. you do not attach a...
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and doug mcelway, the storm is not close, we can see and hear what she's doing. >> that's right. and we're expecting high tide here in rehobot and we're a half hour away, and the waves have begun to lap at the base of this fence here, this sand fence and at the base of the sand dune, which is about three feet high, another three feet of water here and it will be over the dune on to the boardwalk and under the hotel and we'll keep our eyes on that. there have been measured out at sea by the buoys, as high as 34 feet. and the ships have been sent out. safer in waves like that, and beyond the hurricane, than in port. you can see waves crashing on the beach and there are perhaps ten to 15 feet high and we saw two teenagers on boogie boards going into the surf and i had a chance to speak to them and later tonight we're going to tell you some of that, and i asked them, you're on your own if one of these waves pulls you under or out to sea. they say we know, that's why we're sticking together. my last question to them, what would your parents say if they saw you out here? one of them re
and doug mcelway, the storm is not close, we can see and hear what she's doing. >> that's right. and we're expecting high tide here in rehobot and we're a half hour away, and the waves have begun to lap at the base of this fence here, this sand fence and at the base of the sand dune, which is about three feet high, another three feet of water here and it will be over the dune on to the boardwalk and under the hotel and we'll keep our eyes on that. there have been measured out at sea by...
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doug, where does the race stand? >>doug: first, the national popular vote, you look at average, 1.5 to 2 points for governor romney. there are eight daily national polls. the governor romney has been leading in five or six. the swing states, we will get do that in a second, they are deadlocked and the momentum we talked about last week, it continues to be ever-so-slightly in my judgment, for governor romney. >>gregg: and now the rasmussen poll, the national poll, governor romney is 50 and president obama at 47 and most of the national polls are showing governor romney with a lead. now, having said that, pat, talk about the president's declining job approval. >>pat: we have talked on the program, i said the most important number is the job approval. he is holding at 50. it took a real dip since last tuesday in the polling from 53 percent to 47 and the negative is up and also in rasmussen he dropped from 50 to 47. >>gregg: what does that mean? >>pat: in advance of a vote movement the approval rating is going down. he h
doug, where does the race stand? >>doug: first, the national popular vote, you look at average, 1.5 to 2 points for governor romney. there are eight daily national polls. the governor romney has been leading in five or six. the swing states, we will get do that in a second, they are deadlocked and the momentum we talked about last week, it continues to be ever-so-slightly in my judgment, for governor romney. >>gregg: and now the rasmussen poll, the national poll, governor romney is...
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doug mckelway has the news. live tonight in golf shores, alabama. hey, doug. >> hey, shep. you know, two years since the worst he can logical disaster in u.s. history. the beaches here at gulf shores, alabama are absolutely pristine. the politics of the cleanup are anything but that one local congressman joe bonner saying it's the worst of chicago politics. closed door negotiations are underway in washington between the governor of all the gulf states. the justice department and bp oil to determine just how much bp should be fined. the fines will be huge, up to $20 billion. last june, an expectation of that windfall congress passed what they call the restore act which requires that 80% of that money be dispersed by local officials to compensate not just for he can logical damage but for economic damage, too. >> we were devastated. we were closed for the summer of 2010, which is our year. we are seasonal destination. >> but sources say that justice department negotiators are steering the finds through the national resources damage assessment which would require federal, not
doug mckelway has the news. live tonight in golf shores, alabama. hey, doug. >> hey, shep. you know, two years since the worst he can logical disaster in u.s. history. the beaches here at gulf shores, alabama are absolutely pristine. the politics of the cleanup are anything but that one local congressman joe bonner saying it's the worst of chicago politics. closed door negotiations are underway in washington between the governor of all the gulf states. the justice department and bp oil to...
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doug mckelway live at the white house with more. doug? >> reporter: hey, jon, these new unemployment numbers obviously coming as tremendously welcome news to an obama campaign that is still reeling from what most now agree was a lackluster debate performance last month. in fairfax, virginia, at george mason university, the president departed from his standard stump speech to tout these new numbers. here he is just moments ago. >> but today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. [cheers and applause] because of your strength and resilience, the strength and resilience of the american people, we've made too much progress to return to the policies that led to the crisis in the first place. >> reporter: but behind these apparently encouraging unemployment numbers are some very confusing and conflicting statistics. the number of unemployed dropped 456,000 last month while only 11,000 new jobs were added, so that leav
doug mckelway live at the white house with more. doug? >> reporter: hey, jon, these new unemployment numbers obviously coming as tremendously welcome news to an obama campaign that is still reeling from what most now agree was a lackluster debate performance last month. in fairfax, virginia, at george mason university, the president departed from his standard stump speech to tout these new numbers. here he is just moments ago. >> but today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to...
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doug mcelway with details of the latest disagreement. doug? >> the controversy surrounding the release of the september unemployment numbers continues to it swirl after one of america's most respected ceos took to twin citieser to find up off this tweet. "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't dewait so change numbers. peacing a torrent of criticism for the defeat. welch struck about the criticism of the number. >> who is participating. who is not working. who is trying to work but has dropped out. all of these things. it just raises the question i think there ought to be a good discussion about how this number is calculated. >> most analysts are dismissing welch's criticism as utter early without evidence while at the same time pointing out that the jobs numbers largely reflect an obama econom an obat has the economy still stuck in neutral. >> the policies that the president put in place actually made it worse. including the fact that obama care is causing small employers not to hire because of rising healthcare
doug mcelway with details of the latest disagreement. doug? >> the controversy surrounding the release of the september unemployment numbers continues to it swirl after one of america's most respected ceos took to twin citieser to find up off this tweet. "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't dewait so change numbers. peacing a torrent of criticism for the defeat. welch struck about the criticism of the number. >> who is participating. who is not...
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what dogo doug says the romney campaign hasn't done, you said tonight your ads, tight my face. megyn: the american people are very forgiving and we all had rough nights. if he had come out and said as he said after the 2010 mid-terms. i took a thumping. >> you have one job, to win. a president has got a larger job. but this president has one job and that this his terms to win at all costs. they have seen this strategy of demonization works. we are going back to something that has produced results and that's why they are doing it. megyn: why do you say that coming from the top? you see these top political advisers. he's a liar, you didn't have it last night. he lied. that's the only reason why you didn't come back. why do you believe barack obama himself said yes. >> because the campaigns are run from the top down. he met with his advisers the day after the debate. this thing of a president saying -- playing, you know like this is henry ii in murder in the cathedral. i have nothing to do with it. he's now leading this, and i think you made the right point. the president should h
what dogo doug says the romney campaign hasn't done, you said tonight your ads, tight my face. megyn: the american people are very forgiving and we all had rough nights. if he had come out and said as he said after the 2010 mid-terms. i took a thumping. >> you have one job, to win. a president has got a larger job. but this president has one job and that this his terms to win at all costs. they have seen this strategy of demonization works. we are going back to something that has produced...
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doug mcelway joins us from washington. we are hearing that film which was supposed to rally the troops within the agency cost $52,000 to make? >> reporter: $52,000 that anybody with a mac laptop and camera could put together. but that was only a small portion of what the orlando conference called. taxpayers shelled out $5 million. that's five times the amount spent on the general services administration notorious conference in las vegas that caused so much outrage on capitol hill. the va's top human resource manager resigned in a statement he said, quote, i resign because i did not want to be a distraction for the administration, or the secretary and the va, especially as they continue to work each day to address the urgent needs our nation's veterans. the oig is investigating allegations that 11 employees illegally accepted gift such as helicopter, stretch limo rides, hotel rooms, concert tickets, spa treatments and gift baskets. martha: you would have thought given the story you referenced before, the gsa story and the f
doug mcelway joins us from washington. we are hearing that film which was supposed to rally the troops within the agency cost $52,000 to make? >> reporter: $52,000 that anybody with a mac laptop and camera could put together. but that was only a small portion of what the orlando conference called. taxpayers shelled out $5 million. that's five times the amount spent on the general services administration notorious conference in las vegas that caused so much outrage on capitol hill. the...
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jon: some interesting fact-checking, doug. doug mckelway in washington. thank you. jenna: we'll return to politics in a moment. first new information on the growing meningitis outbreak. fox news is confirming that a 16th person has died as the fda raids the pharmacy at the center of the health crisis. jonathan serrie has more from atlanta. jonathan, what prompted this raid now? >> reporter: involved in this operation were criminal investigators, not only from the fda but also the justice department. neither agency would say exactly what they were looking for, however, previously congressman edward markey had asked the justice department to investigate whether the new england compounding center had skirted federal law relating to controlled substances. a lawyer representing necc suggested last night's federal search of the pharmacy was unnecessary. in the words of paul sorell, we've been clear warrants weren't needed. asking would have produced the same result. nevertheless we continue to offer our cooperation. jenna. jenna: jonathan, what are we hearing from patient
jon: some interesting fact-checking, doug. doug mckelway in washington. thank you. jenna: we'll return to politics in a moment. first new information on the growing meningitis outbreak. fox news is confirming that a 16th person has died as the fda raids the pharmacy at the center of the health crisis. jonathan serrie has more from atlanta. jonathan, what prompted this raid now? >> reporter: involved in this operation were criminal investigators, not only from the fda but also the justice...
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doug mckelway is following it arrive in washington. doug? >> gregg, one of the features of that conference in orlando last year was the presentation of a parody film, a takeoff on the classic "patton." it was designed to motivate va employees. here's a snippet of the film. >> one of the worse mistakes you can make in carrying out your mission is getting the idea in your head that stability is a virtue. stability is not a virtue, it's a trap. it means you're holding your own, you're standing still. >> reporter: the film goes on with interviews of va employees and beneficiaries. it cost $52,000 to produce that little 15-minute film. it was shown only twice. yet that price tag is only a fraction of the cost of the overall conference. the va billed taxpayers over $5 million for the conference, that's more than five times what that notorious xsa conference -- gsa conference in vegas cost. what's more, just as with the gsa, the va inspect general's report found investigators were lousy at keeping track of their expenses. quote: >> reporter: a day
doug mckelway is following it arrive in washington. doug? >> gregg, one of the features of that conference in orlando last year was the presentation of a parody film, a takeoff on the classic "patton." it was designed to motivate va employees. here's a snippet of the film. >> one of the worse mistakes you can make in carrying out your mission is getting the idea in your head that stability is a virtue. stability is not a virtue, it's a trap. it means you're holding your...
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what is really happening, doug? >> we have 25 days to go until the election the obama administration is trying to foist off blame and responsibility, whether it be now the state department, before it was the intelligence community. they're using what i call the sergeant schultz defense, i know nothing. that is what they're trying to do. vice president biden said we didn't know. they have spun that into the white house, not the administration. and bottom line, they're trying to get through the next three weeks plus. megyn: in the mind of the voter does it make any difference whether hillary clinton knew and barack obama didn't, or is it just the administration knew and didn't get the guys -- >> we're not even that far along. look, they're throwing everyone under the bus. the obama -- there is a larger question about leadership here and about presidential leadership. you know, john kennedy, when he took responsibility for the bay of pigs, jimmy carter on the hostage failure, right? people responded postively to that.
what is really happening, doug? >> we have 25 days to go until the election the obama administration is trying to foist off blame and responsibility, whether it be now the state department, before it was the intelligence community. they're using what i call the sergeant schultz defense, i know nothing. that is what they're trying to do. vice president biden said we didn't know. they have spun that into the white house, not the administration. and bottom line, they're trying to get through...
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doug mcelway is live in washington. we have our own fact checkers. i would never use that word on any of your reports. >> so i can state for the record i didn't do the fact checking, that would be malarkey. it was our brain room that did the fact checking from last night. last night's debate focused heavily on entitlements prompting paul ryan to attack obamacare for costing harm to seniors who use medicare advantage. >> 7.4 million seniors are projected to lose the medicare advantage coverage they have, that is a $3,200 medicare cut. >> true or you false? it is true. they wrote, quote, we estimate in 2017 when the medicare advantage provisions will be fully phased in enrollment in medicare advantage plans will be lower by about 50% from it's projected level of 14.8 million under the prior law to 7.4 million under the new law. all right. moving along now. another statement to fact check from paul ryan regarding this often repeated romney campaign contention that obamacare takes $716 billion away from medicare. listen up. >> obama care takes $716 billi
doug mcelway is live in washington. we have our own fact checkers. i would never use that word on any of your reports. >> so i can state for the record i didn't do the fact checking, that would be malarkey. it was our brain room that did the fact checking from last night. last night's debate focused heavily on entitlements prompting paul ryan to attack obamacare for costing harm to seniors who use medicare advantage. >> 7.4 million seniors are projected to lose the medicare...